In connection with the planned visit to the Ukrainian President Wolodyymyr Senskyj, the directorate of the Vienna State Police has an official ban on the presidential office and the federal Chancellery issued on Friday, which will be in force on June 16, a major police presence.
A meeting of the Ukrainian diaspora and a demonstration against Senskyj’s visit should take place outside the limited zone.
A specific number of forces used will not be announced, a spokeswoman for the Vienna State Police Directorate informed on request. “In addition to the operational department and special troops such as the Police Service Dog Unit, Wega and Eko Cobra, district troops and the traffic police are also deployed on Monday,” she explains. The Austrian authorities would also be close to the state guest security staff.
Demonstrations and closure of the National Library
Two races are also planned for Monday due to Ukraine. On the subject of “support of Ukraine”, MRIJA, an association of the Ukrainian diaspora, is demonstrating on the Buitenkasteelpoort. However, opponents of the Senskyj visit to Maria-Theresien-Platz demonstrate under the title “For Peace, Neutrality and Soveränität”. Originally the activists, who in particular ‘peace had. Also asked with Russia ‘, at Ballhausplatz want to demonstrate. However, this is Monday in the limited zone.
The presence of the Ukrainian head of state also has an impact, but also for the National Library and House of History Austria: the institutions that are housed in Heldplatz are closed all Monday because of the police, the National Library that is informed on its homepage.
Source: Krone
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